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episode 187: Workers: Mina Miller Edison
Mina Miller Edison (1865-1947) was the second wife of American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. She was an advocate for acknowledging the domestic labor required of women. She called herself a “home executive” and emphasized the importance of women’s work as actual work, not an idealized calling.
For Further Reading:
- Mina Miller Edison
- Honoring Mina Edison for Women’s History Month
- Mina Miller Edison Was Much More Than the Wife of the ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’
- Seduced by the Light
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